The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 29, 1941, Page 5

THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 1941. Shoristop, Ball Race Through Air for First | DEFENSE TEST CLEVELAND ~ 7 5T CANCELLED AT GETS GRIP Zobotcs— HANDSOME FITTINGS one YOU'LL HAVE TO HURRY, BILL—and Bill Shuster, Seattle shortstop, Both bail and Bill are caught in mid-air in fast action photo. off first base in a re cent game at Emeryville, but his throw to “Dynamite” o first base. Oaks almost trapped the, runuer Dunn (arrow to ball) was just a split second too slow. 9,000 Oak rooters. ¢ N ) ) § ) § \ N ) ) N ) : Before the ink had dried yester- day on the first issue of this column, and also before Empire newsboys had time to deliver the first paper, On the Hook had made its first mistake. The mistake was in cre: iting one man’s fish to another. Piscatorially speaking, here is the mistake in the very words of the injured Isaac Walton: “Fishing' Editor, The Empire: In the interests of reportorial accuracy, I wish to state that R. H. (Ray) Stevens can get my groceries, or I get his; that he can regeive my mail and bills, or T re ve his; and that he can have my sogial security num- ber, draft number or interést in the Nenana Ice Breakup—but I em- phatically refuse to have him catch my fish in Lake Florence, or any other spot H. STEVENSONS.” Stevenson is Operat of, the U. S. Radio Office here. 41 At least four larg: kings were ac- counted for last Sunday, as early this morning, ans rs came to the queries as to just who was catching the fish at Auk Bay, that everyone claimed some one else had. The party cn the Jerry, George skuse’ little boat, brought 'em back | to prove the stories that some one was hocking them. Mrs. William Pyington landed a 35-pounder in Auk Bay and then before the big king had stopped struggling, her husband landed one that weighed exactly the same. Twins. Then Mrs. Charles Skuse landed the first salmon she has ever caught . a fine, fighting 19-pound king. Shortly afterward this was followed did hurry to beat the ball back “Cotton” Pippin of Oakland'’s Seattle won the contest, 3-1, to the dismay of DELEBECQUE RETURNS 10 PAA OFFICE District SaI;s 7M anager Flies Back from Train- ing Trip Outside After five weeks in Seattle and | San Francisco on a combined vaca- v ] y y ) ) N ] N 1 ) ) § on the hook! % et | ; : T A LR | tion and training trip, Louis A. by another 19 pounder, caught by | Delebecque, district sales manager | v. F. Williams. Two sets of twins, |for Pacific Alaska Airways in Ju- or perhaps quadruplets with one | neau, returned here last night on a | pair stunted. ;PAA Lodestar. | The party on the Jerry said that Delebecque spent several weeks in | Ellis Reynolds’ stepson hooked quite | various departments of the Pan Am- a few but landed only about four |erican Airways System on periodical | out of the burich. training courses given the employees - | of the company. He spent some time }p UB l I( D E BT in the offices of reservations con- i | trol, express and in the main San | Francisco office. He said PAA plans to increase the ! l number of schedules on the Seattle- i T | Alaska run in the near future. ! i "‘ W. S. Burton, district sales man- | ager at Fairbanks, who was trans- | ferred to Juneau to replace Dele- becque during his absence, returned BOEING FIELD Army Calls Off Anfi-Air- craft Maneuvers as Strike Threatens SEATTLE, April 20—A proposed defense test of the Boeing Aircraft Company plants by the 205th Coast Artiilery antiaircraft units was sud- denly called off in the middle of the forenoon today after many artillery- men and some of their equipment had already reached here, Annocuncement of the cancella- tion came from headquarters of the Ninth Army Corps. Fort Lewis Head- quarte id “A change in the reg- ular routine in our plans” is occa- sioned. Simultaneously, Seattle Chief of Police announced that 100 police- men are being held in reserve as the picket line is threatened at the AFL organizd Boeing factory. Dave Beck, leader of AFL forces in Seattle, said in an interview that the Aeronautical Mechanics Union, AFL, has enough “two fisted Ameri- cans to knock any Communist picket Lne into the Duwamish River.” Major General Kenyon Joyce, ccmmanding the Ninth Corps, de- clined to be quoted, but other Corps headquarters officers indicated the cancellaticn was just a coincidenc: o far as the Boeing Plant situation is concerned. -~ - SURVEY 0 PLANES IS REQUESTED Aviation Faciliies fo Be Ascerfained for Defense of Democracies WASHINGTON, April 29.—Presi- dent Roosevelt announced at a con- Piscatorially yours, R. | -in-Charge | CLAIMS JONES Plenty of S;rifices Are in Store for Americans, He Also Asserts WASHINGTON, April 29. | Jones, Secretary of Commerce, f: {cast today the National debt will mount to at least ninety billion dol- made any sacrifices. The Commerce Secretary added: “Sacrifices are in store for us, plenty of them.” The statements were made in an address today at the annual conven- tion of the United States Chamber of Commerce. e The Daily Alsska Empire has tie largest paid circulation of any A: aska newspaper. e lars and declared “we have not yet! ference with newsmen this after- ncon that he has requested a survey of civil aviation facilities to see how many planes could ke brouzht inte Dem sident also told the news- {men that Americali Naval ‘vesfel could enter any combat zones, 114 necessary, in the interest of defense of the Western Hemisphere, Six Killed InLeaping From Fire LONDON, April 29.—8ix college students were killed when they leap- ed from a blazing coach on a train | here today. Two of the students | to the Interior this morning. [ e paniaan SHELL MAKES TWO FLIGHTS ON COAST RUN Pilot Shell S8immons winged out| |~f Gastineau Chanrel twice today as he carried five passengers to the | Coast and returned with four on the two trips. | In the first flight early this morn- ing, the pilot carried Tom Larson and Rolf Elduen to Funter Bay and | | returned with Paul Sorensen and | | Thecdore Trillingham from Hirst, | {J. C. Russell from Chichagefl and | i’J]in K. Jchnson from Hoonah. | | Later this afternocon Simmons took cff with Mitch Dabo, James | | Claire and Don Skuse for Sitka. A | charter flight to Wrangell is sched- | uled later today, 500 s[unns G PROTEST MARCH—Some of the 500 students of the Roseville, Cal, high school are pictured at they went on strike when Head Coach Rolf Moeller, ex-Minnesota grid star, was dismissed.. The student mob held a two-hour parade in the downtown streets calling for his return, after which the school was closed for the day. Moeller’s dismissal came after the school board found him “not fully gualified.” ‘Students thought i , differently. STRIE BRINGING UP FATHER R COAC s | killed were sons of former Belgian ouSTER Premier Pierlot. i el Reservations Open For White Elephant See DeSoto—see the styl- ing and appointments, the fine workmanship and ' FIRSTSPOT ' Brooklyn Dodgers Go fo. | First Position, National | League, by Victory (By Associated Press) A victory Monday over the De- troit ‘Tigers, their third straight game, gave the Cleveland Indians a tighter grip on first place in the | American League The St. Louis Browns displayed | their potent batting power yester= | day and let it go at that as the | Chicago White Sox took their third | straight game of the series by a| one-run margin. | The Brooklyn Dodgers squeezed ! out their seventh straight victory| yesterday and took over the Na- tional League lead in a dramatic struggle with the Cincinnati Reds.| Whitlow Wyatt outpitched Paul| Derringer and won his won game in the ninth with a single with two 0.] NEWS on bases and two down. DOUGLAS CITY COUNCIL REELECTS OLD OFFICEX Election of cotficers for the ensu- ing year, evolution of plans for bet- A committee to aid the Eagles with | tering some of the streets, m- | “Mother's Day” program plans was jzing the clerk's office, and extend- |vamed as follows: Mrs. Henry Woods, ing fire protection in the town, also| Mrs. Edward Bach, and Mrs. Rich- d MeCermick, f The price quoted is for a big luxurious Deluxe coupe delivered in Detroit...with all federal taxes paid. Transportation, state and local taxes (if any), are extra. Prices are Subject to Change Without Notice. ROBERT COWLING | S Leila Devon; Vice President, Mrs. GLAS lEslhu’ Bavard; Chaplain, Mrs, Dor- |othy Tuckett; Secretary, Mrs. Mar- | garet Cochrane; Treasurer, Mrs Catherine Balog; Inside Guard, Mrs, | Jesephine Logan; Outside Guard, |Mrs. Viclet Endres; Trustees, Mrs Mamie Jensen and Mrs, Anna Pus- ich. GAMES MONDAY National League Cincinnati 2; Brooklyn 3 American League Detroit 2; Cleveland 7 Chicago 2; St. Louis 1. Pacific Coast League No games were played in the Ps cific Coast League as the teams were traveling to open today on & ., sehedule for this week. “! proclamation for a cléan-up cam- . ROV, BURGIREL IO i o | paign were the high lights of the! Fcllowing the business session a | meeting of the Douglas City Council | kitchien shower was successfully held | last night |and many useful art were re- Mayor Bonner having relinquished | ceived. Hostess for the refreshments the perogative of his office to ap- 5. Devon and Mrs. Frances point offieials for the year in favor 5L 5¢ election by the Council, resulted | 9110 all the present officers being | 545 | ynanimously re-elected at the same | AT | honthly salaries, as follows: City 0% | Marshal and_Street Commissioner, b . 348 | charles Schramm, $150; City Clerk, {125t night. Participating were Mrs. 28 { |Alex Gair, Mrs, W. E. Galr,*Mrs Charles Tuckett, $65; Water Collect- - » o hsagmi<19 b ez CCl" Arne Shudshift, Mrs. Robert Fraser, | STANDINGS OF THE CLUBS Pacific Coast League Won Lost 18 13 13 12 Ay 8 8 6 Won Lost Pet. z;‘;\d e e :"‘:SJ‘:"‘:“:“:' of | IS, A, B, Goetz, Mrs. Joe Ried], Mrs 11 4 i | Tuckett as magistrate at $1 a )'k".ll"J' R. Guerin, Mrs, W. R, Spain and 8 and as tax assessor at $25, was made | i J. M. Olark, 8 667 |y the Mayor. 538 " pollowing reports by heads of the' -400 various committees, arrangements| 385 \ere made for an inspection trip ove, | 273 the town by Mayor Bonner with his | 231 committees on Wednesday evening | at which time definite plans of ac- tion will be formulated. Desire to have fire pratection more ade- | quately extended to some sections, with new hydrants installed or! stand pipes placed, was expressed. Repcrt from Public Health office | cn two samples of water taken re- cently indicated the cily's supply is OK.,, according to U. 8. Biological standards for drinking water. Let- ————— N | ter from a Ketchikan man regarding | DA cale or lease of the natatorium was | GAMES Io | ordered to be answered with offer to | | sell the building for sum of $2500, | plus expense of effecting a deal. No- | The following are final scores of | tification of interest on water and | baseball games played this after- ' sewer bonds due June first was re-| noon in the two major leagues and |ceived from Federal Reserve bank. | received up to press time: | To take care of part of the bonded Pet. Sacramento 183 San Diego Hollywod Seattle ... San Francisco Portland Oakland Los Angeles Nauonal MRS. MILLS SURPRISED | A surprise birthday party was giv- | en for Mrs. John Mills at her home Brooklyn St. Louis .. New York Cincinnati Chicago Boston ... Pittsbutgh Philadelphia . . American League ‘Won 9 892 643 867 638 364 364 333 222 Clevéland G New YOrK ... Bostort” Chicatft’ Detroft Philadelphia Washipgton .. Los! 4 5 4 4 17 17 8 St. Louis 1 Card Party Saturday A mecting of the entertainment committee of the Rebekah Lodge was held last night at the home of Mrs. Evelyn Hollmann and plans were completed for the annual White Ele- phant card party to be held Satur- day afternoon, May 3, at the I. O. O. F. Hall, A 1:30 o'ciock dessert luncheon will be served and bridge and pinochle will be played during the afternoon. Reservations may be made by call- ing Mrs. Ruth Blake at 566. Members of the committee include Mesdames Evelyn Hollmann, Sigrid Dull, Nadja Triplett, Peggy McLeod, Ellen Shaffer, Kay Halm and Mamie Sperling. —————— The ‘Lauy Alasks mmpire guaran- tes the largest dally circulation of any Alaska newspaper. Louis twirler, is brother of Walker. St. Louis 5; New York 4. | provements such as hydrants on Nob \:ny hall be cleaned up and the Tigers are not too.fond of Mana- dered. The week beginning May 1 his forehead by Tiger hurler Dizzy able to gather up and haul away all jected to pitcher Ed Linke's carry-|will be made available and posted TEST INDIAN STEEL F. 0. E. AUXILIARY Industrigl Research. ing next month: For President, Mrs. American League | Hill and on Fifth Street near Grein- clerk’s office improved with a new ger Jimmy Dykes of the Chicago was proclaimed by Mayor Bonner as Trout to keep perspiration from rubbish given access to during the ing a heating pad in the hip of at City Hall for all interested to BOMBAY—The problem of man-| Nominations of officers were held "By GEORGE McMANUS EVERY PRETTY GIRL HE SEES, SHE LOOKS LIKE MARGIE - GRACIOLIS- HE'S COMING TOWARDS National League | indebtedness approval was voiced for Cincinnati 2; Brooklyn 13. |levying a special sewer tax this Pittsburgh 2; Philadelphia 6. | summer. Washington 2; Chicago 3. | er s residence, surfacing of a portion g0 - |of the new section of Fifth street, | : E All !repairs to wharf approach and to FE“DS STARIED desk-top filing cabinet, anc recon- |ditioned floor. A new reform, time —_— cards for city employees and requisi- ‘White 'Sox, ' because— | clean-up week and all property own- Dykes last season protested |ers or tenants are urged to clean against the sweatband worn around | their yards. City truck will be avail- | fogging ,the glasses he wears. “week, 2 However, the Washington Sena-i Report of Auditor Tom Cashen, tors can recall a similar protest | covering the Clerk’s and Treasurer’s his uniform. Linke's hand was(see. Audit of School records was pulseless and the heating pad re-|promised for l"Aexl meeting. stored vigor. i ufacturing surgical instruments by the Ladies Auxiliary, F. O. E, last from Indian steel is under investi-|evening. As there was but one nomi- gation by .the metallurgical com-|nee for each office the following will THE OLD FOOL | GUESS MIRGIE MUST BE A Chicago 3; Boston 6. | In addition to certain definite im- | floats, it was recommended that the DETROIT, April 20.—The Detroit tion blanks for purchases, were or- i by the Tigers: In 1935 Detroit ob- |books was given reading and copy EErrt T ’MBS. DEVON TO HEAD | mittee of .the Board of Scunmwlundoubwdly be elected at the meet- BLONDE~ ROOKIE CANDIDATE . Another candidate for National League rookie honors may be Wa Cooper of the Cardinals. Cooper is a hard-hitting backstep. h the majors another brother combination for Mort Cooper, star quality materials this cac offers at low price! It's the style car of the year! Commercial Motor Co. DRIVE DE SOTO TODAY! GOETZ RETURNS After a week’s forced vacation visi to Haines where he went to inspect a boat for purchase, A. E. Goetz re- turned home last evening from Haines, reporting a successful busi- ness trip. Quarantine for infantile paralysis at the Barracks which pre- vented him from entry to the post to get to the only wharf in town, de- layed his return. Goetz also had opportunity to wisit Skagway where he met formey resi- dents Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Feero, Wi.o asked to be remembered to their ¢ friends here, - Subscribe 10 e Daily Alasks Empire- the paper with the largese pa’d circulation —— e Empire Classifieds Pay? — £ TUESDAY . “Private Detective” “Heaven with Barbed Wire Fence” b B - s s o v i o s 4 A PR PSR s s o the Boston Marathon P b g ’ Leslie Pawson, of Pawtucket, R. L., crosses | 45th anpual Boston Athletic Association ra || At right an official prepares to : laurel wréath. Pawson, who also won 3: and a half for the run of 26 miles 385 3 ! i